BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb. 12
Trend:
The head of the Iranian president's office announced the government's efforts to reduce the foreign exchange rate in the few months remaining to the end of President Rouhani's administration term.
"Even if we can reduce the exchange rate an hour earlier, we will definitely do it,” the head of Iranian president's office, Mahmoud Vaezi said, Trend reports citing IRNA.
He went on to say that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, and Central Bank Governor Abdul Nasser Hemmati are traveling to the region, seeking the release of Iran`s blocked monies as soon as possible.
"In addition, we seek to expand export markets and increase sales of oil and oil products so that we can increase our foreign exchange revenues and reduce the exchange rate," Vaezi said. We even set the goal of reducing the exchange rate in next year`s budget bill.
The head of the Iranian president's office announced that apart from the Russian vaccine, the government is negotiating to purchase the coronavirus vaccine from China and India.
"We are in talks to buy a Chinese vaccine, and these negotiations are going very well," he said, adding that another vaccine would be purchased from India.
Vaezi added that "Currently, one million doses are to be imported from Russia and this process continues."